I saw a film the other day called "10.0 Earthquake"... It was a pretty schlocky disaster movie, but bad enough that it may or may not have been an intentional satire of disaster movies

Anyway, there was a scene where one of the scientists is trying to warn someone in authority that Los Angeles could collapse into a giant lava pit... but the government chap doesn't believe him because it's not the first time he's heard things like this from the "crank" scientist...

City Governor: "Every other month I get a warning from the good doctor here - 'bird flu epidemic', 'deadly pollen virus'.. What was the last one, huh? 'Shark hurricane'?!"

Scientist: "You have no idea how close that came to actually happening!"